Swagger-stick



J. M. CALLAHAN.

SWAGGER STICK.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.29,1919.

Patented May 4,1920.

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J. M CALLAHAN.

SWAGGER STICK.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.29, 1919.

WW MM w m 6 M UNITED STATES JAMES M. CALLAHAN, OF WASHINGTON, DISTRICTOF COLUMBIA.

SWAGGER-STICK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 4, 1920.

Application filed August 29, 1919. Serial No. 320,571.

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Be it known that I, James M. OALLAI-IAN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Vashington, in the District of Columbia, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Swagger-Sticks, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention'relates to swagger sticks, canes, umbrellas and the likehaving attached thereto a useful implement, it being I an improvementover what is disclosed in my application for U. S. Letters Patent SerialNo. 28%,056, filed March 21, 1919.

An object of my invention is to provide a device which may be easilyproduced at reasonable cost and which will avoid the necessity of thepossessor handling a variety of objects which usually have been handledby other persons.

It may be used to turn door knobs or door latches, as a support whileriding on a street car by hooking through the usual strap or strap bar,it can be hooked into the handle on the end of a car seat to steady theperson carrying it; in the case of certain modifications it may be usedto lean against .when placed against a sharp corner or a roundedsurface; it may be used as a push mg or pulllng implement, and it has avariety of other uses.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 is a plan view of one modificationof my invention and Fig. 2 an elevation thereof with a slightmodification in the handle; Fig. 3 is r a plan. view of a secondmodification with parts broken away; Fig. at. is an end view and Fig. 5an elevation thereof; l ig. G is a plan view of a third modification,Fig. 7 an end view and Fig. 8 an elevation thereof; Fig. 9 shows one ofthe many modifications of handles which may be used. Fig. 10 shows ashort section of a hook and illustrates covering thereon.

The first mentioned modification (Figs. 1 and 2) consists of a swaggerstick having a handle 1, in one end of which is suitably fastened thehook part A, which comprises the part 3 suitably fastened in the stick,the offset part 4t and the hook 5.

The secondmodifieation (Figs. 8 to 5) also has the handle 1 in which issuitably fastened the hook B which consists of the part 6 suitablyfastened in the handle, the offset comprising the double bend 7, 8 andthe hook 9.

The third modification (Figs. 6 to 8) also has a handle 1, in which issuitably fastened the rod 10, which is attached for example, by spotwelding to approximately the central part of the double hook C which asshown consists of two hooks which may be similar or somewhat different,each having an offset part 11, forming together a concave part.

These three modifications of the hook shown onthe drawings and describedabove do not represent the limits of my invention, but are merelyexamples of a large number of varieties.

Thehooks may be made of any suitable material and, if desired,may besmooth or roughened or may be covered in whole or in part, as desired,with any suitable material for the purpose of making the hook partpleasing to the eye or to give it a good grip, or both. Merely by way ofexample I may state that such covering material may be fiber, leather orrubberized tubing. In Fig. 10, 20 is a short section of a hook and 21 asectionof the covering thereon.

The hook is fastened in the handle in any desired manner; merely by wayof example I may state that it may be screwed in, glued, or there may bea rivet through a ferrule and the rod end of the hook. The rod end ofthe hook may extend into the handle a short distance, as shown forexample in Fig. 1, or it may extend nearly all the way through thehandle, as shown in Fig. 2, to permit of the use of a smaller handle andyet maintain the strength. The handle may be any desired, straight orbent at the end opposite the hook, it may or maynot be covered, asdesired, and. it may have any desired appurtenance thereon, an examplethereof being shown in Fig. 9 where in 12 indicates a hand strap.

Any of my hooks may be bent either to the right or to the left; merelyby way of example I have shown on the drawings the hook A bent one way,the hook B bent the other way and the double hook C bent both ways.

The hooks may have their ends bent as shown at 18 (Figs. 1 and 2), at 14(Figs. 3 to 5) and at 15 and 16 (Figs. 6 and 7). The bent ends 15 and 16may or may not be similar to each other.

In the application of my swagger stick to a doorknob, to turn it, thehook 5 of the modification of Figs. 1 and 2 is placed about the shank ofthe knob, the central part of the hook bearing against the shank. Theoffset part 4 bears against the periphery of the knob and ontheapplication of pressure on the handle to hold the hook against theshank and the offset part against the periphery of the knob, the devicejams on the knob and shank,-and a swinging movement of the handle willcause the knob to turn.

In the modifications of Figs. 3, 4: and 5 the hook 9 is applied to theshank of the .knob, similarly to the book 5, while the off- .nected atone end thereof to the handle and a hook connected directly to the otherend of said offsetting part, whereby the hook is laterally offset fromthe handle, the distance a 7 from the offsetting part to the innersurface of the hook farthermost therefrom being so that said innersurface of the hook may be applied to the shank of a door knob and theoffsetting part to the periphery of the knob.

2. A swagger stick comprising a handle and a means for grasping andturning a rounded fiat spheroidal doorknob, said means comprising anoffsetting part connected at one end thereof to the handle and a. hookconnected directly to the other end of said offsetting part, whereby thehook is laterally offset from the handle, the distance from theoffsetting part to the inner surface of the hook farthermost therefrombeing so that said inner surface of the hook may be applied to the shankof a doorknob and the offsetting part to the periphery ofthe knob theextremity of the hook being bent outwardly in a curve the reverse ofthat of the main body of the hook.

3. A swagger-stick comprising a handle and a compound implement at theend thereof, said implement comprising a means for pushing and a meansfor grasping and -turn ing a rounded flat spheroidal knob and forpulling, said means for pushing comprising a part in the form of asimple curve the concave portion of which faces away from the handle inthe general direction of the axis of the handle, and said means forgrasping and turning and for pulling comprising a hook, the body ofwhich is continuous with that of the aforesaid concave portion, the hooklying in a plane which is at an angle to the axis of the handle.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

JAMES M. CALLAHAN.

